CVE-2018-16850 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability affecting PostgreSQL versions prior to 11.1 and 10.6, specifically within pg_upgrade and pg_dump. An attacker can leverage a specially crafted trigger definition to execute arbitrary SQL statements with superuser privileges, impacting various Canonical, PostgreSQL, and Red Hat products. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.0, < 10.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.0, < 11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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